virtual machine

  1. M

    [SOLVED] cloud-init + ubuntu + template + vm + uefi + customization

    Hello everyone, I'm a recent vmware-->proxmox convert. So, please bear with my ignorance. Goal: Create cloud-init vm template customized (at parity) with my vmware cloud-init scripts to make cloning/creating new VMs an easy operation. Issue: I'm able to get an ubuntu 22.04 clout-init template...
  2. M

    During a backup, a VM not included in it is stopping and not restarting

    Hi guys, I need you help figuring something out. First, a little bit about my system. I have three VMs: - 101: TrueNAS with some hardware passthroug - 102: Ubuntu Server with GPU passthrough - 103: Mint I have two backup task: - one for VMs 102 and 103 - another one for VM 101 $df -h...
  3. rian81

    VM or LXC

    Hi, Which one better, vm or lxc? what are advantages and disadvantages from both of them on proxmox? Thanks
  4. R

    No bridge in VM setup

    Hello everyone, I've just installed Proxmox on Debian 11 following this official guide. I wanted to create a VM but there's no bridge available in the network configuration. This is my /etc/network/interfaces: source /etc/network/interfaces.d/* # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo...
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    Recovery VM in a OLD HDD LVM

    Goodmorning, I reinstall proxmox in another disk, but i wanna the vm that is inside in the old disk. root@pve:~# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS fd0 2:0 1 4K 0 disk sda...
  6. K

    [NOT SOLVED AND NOONE HELPING] nvidia 30 40 series gpu support

    I want to build a server and use it as a host with 4 virtual machines on it. I did some researches and found that nvidia is blocking gpu passthrough, so my question is if i buy a 30/40 series card can i passthrough multiple vms that are active at the same time. please help
  7. G

    VM mounting a mountpoint to multiple machines?

    I have a SSD that is mounted on a linux VM (Plex-VM)-- vm, mp0 /mnt/plex23,mp=/mnt/plex23 Can i also mount this same point to another machine at the same time? I utilize a service that is only available on windows (Goob-VM) Hypothetically the mount point would be linked to two virtual...
  8. A

    Proxmox reboots randomly when running docker containers inside Windows 11 VM with "host" CPU type

    I am experiencing random reboots of my Proxmox server. This issue occurs specifically when running a Windows 11 VM with the CPU set to "host" to support Docker containers inside the VM. Interestingly, a Fedora Linux VM with the same "host" CPU setting and Docker containers does not cause...
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    Proxmox VM unable to configure network

    I have a proxmox server with public ip address - X.X.X.X/24 also i have public ip addresses - Y.Y.Y.10/24 Y.Y.Y.11/24 Y.Y.Y.12/24 by default the proxmox vmbr0 is configured with ip address X.X.X.X/24 , default gateway X.X.X.1 and bridged to eth0 interface. I have created a windows server vm...
  10. T

    VM keeps turning off by itself

    Running PVE 7.2-7. An Ubuntu Server VM keeps turning off by itself. Node and VM have been running O.K. for a few hundred days. No update to PVE or the VM could've caused this, as I haven't updated any of then. Where can I find any shutdown logs as to what initiated the shutdown? One indication...
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    proxmox vm is not accessible via the web browser

    hey guys, i have only been using proxmox for a short time and would like to know what my problem is... when i run a webserver nginx/httpd on the vm, i can't access the website via. static priv address. If I use a lxc container instead of a vm it works, what do I have to change so that I can use...
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    Sharing Storage Between LXCs and VMs Issue

    Hello! I'm currently running Proxmox 8.1 and originally had a Ubuntu Server VM set up for months, which I've loaded data on my hard drive in path /mnt/WD14-1 through two separate virtual disks (/dev/sdb1 mounted to /mnt/WD14-1/sdb1/, /dev/sdb2 mounted to /mnt/WD14-1/sdb2/). I just created a few...
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    Share persistent host-directory to VM

    Hi all! I'm new to Proxmox and I try to add a directory from the host (e. g. a directory on the system drive) as shared directory to the (Debian) VM. I want to use this as persistens config directory for Docker containers running inside the VM. If the VM crashes or I need to relaunch a new one...
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    Any way to just show VM names?

    Hello, newbie here. Excited to learn more about Proxmox. So! Hey, I get it, you guys are xNIX guys and you love to number things and "that's just the way it is." I get it, I do. But... My company is about to dump VMware due to all Broadcom's changes, but I'm sorry guys, there's no way in hell...
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    LXC Pass devices

    Hi Is it possible to pass a LXC container devices? A have a tv tuner card I would like to pass I saw something like this online lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 226:0 rwm lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: c 226:128 rwm Am I going down the wrong route? I wanted a container to save resources, however I...
  16. O

    Seagate tools (Seatools) bootable install

    Hello, my question is rearding installing seatools bootable in a vm and let it access/see HDD's. I have 2 zfs mirror pools where my vm's are installed, and one for the backups . i want to install seatools bootable but the problem is that it will only see the partition size i specify during the...
  17. ismokemysocks

    Creating VMs and CTs brings down LAN and Internet connectivity

    Hello, all. I am experiencing some issues with getting Proxmox to behave. First, some key points: I use a Unifi Dream Machine SE. The network is segmented into different VLANs. My desktop PC and my home server reside on the same subnet/VLAN (192.168.2.0). My home server has only one network...
  18. ismokemysocks

    Creating VMs and LXC containers makes the host lose Internet connection

    As the title states. I don't know why, but the PVE host loses connection to LAN and Internet... I have to physically go down to my home server, manually log in, kill the process and either wait a couple of minutes or reboot it (the latter one is not a must). I've followed some of the steps...
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    Changed hdd size but Ubuntu vm not reporting proper sizes

    Hello everyone, and im so happy to join such a great community. i created an ubuntu vm and assigned it a LVM disk for storage. on the initial setup i made a mistake and only assigned 850 gb, i copied all my files and then i found out i only have 30 gb left of storage. So i wanted to increase the...
  20. K

    Ubuntu 20.04 vm - no DNS entry

    Sorry for this noob question. I have a small proxmox dc with two hosts. I've deployed a new ubuntu 20.04 server based vm on one of the hosts. From that vm I'm able to ping *any* lxc-container and/or vm with their host and fqdn name - no problem here. These lxc:s and vm:s are also available...

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